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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Honor and the Virtues of Autonomy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of trees did the Awlad 'Ali plant?
(a) Palm and date trees.
(b) Willow and mulberry trees.
(c) Sycamore and lotus trees.
(d) Olive and almond trees.

2. Who were the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali?
(a) Nomads from Chad.
(b) Arab invaders from the Najd.
(c) Sudanese traders.
(d) Egyptians who left the cities.

3. What would ewes have been fed in the desert?
(a) Astragulus.
(b) Wormwood.
(c) Grasses.
(d) Acacia.

4. Who gave the Awlad 'Ali rights to land in the Western desert in the nineteenth century?
(a) Ali Sadik Bey.
(b) Ibrahim Pasha.
(c) Muhammad Abdel Halim.
(d) Mohammad 'Ali.

5. What form of poetry did the ghinnawas most resemble?
(a) Japanese haiku.
(b) A quatrain.
(c) An Italian canzone.
(d) A cinquain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the Haj, head of the household, where Lila lived?

2. Before Lila arrived, how long had it been since the Awlad 'Ali migrated to the desert?

3. How old was Nafla when her family tried to force her into a marriage?

4. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?

5. What color cummerbund would the women of the Awlad 'Ali wear around their waists?

(see the answer key)

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